The Jamaican Canadian Centre in Toronto came alive on Friday November 12, as hundreds of persons turned out for a concert to raise funds for victims of Tropical Storm Nicole....

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson, has said that Caribbean nations must become more proactive in addressing climate change, given the region's vulnerability to...

Though some Jamaicans view selection for a National Housing Trust (NHT) home in much the same way they view the lottery, the NHT has assured that it takes a systematic...

Rehabilitation work on the Negril Wastewater Treatment Plant in Westmoreland is scheduled to start in January 2011, with a $278 million contract now in place for the project. Minister of...

Minister of Water and Housing, Hon. Horace Chang, says that the Water Resources Authority (WRA) will be investigating the cause of the recurrent flooding of New River, in St. Elizabeth....

Packages with relief supplies were distributed to several residents of the flooded districts of Forrest and Pierce's Village in Eastern Hanover, on November 4. The residents have also been warned...

The National Housing Trust (NHT) is working to make home ownership more affordable for Jamaica's young professionals. NHT Chairman, Howard Mitchell, said the agency has made some policy adjustments including...

Water and Housing Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says the Ministry is looking at implementing central wastewater treatment systems in major towns islandwide, where householders and businesses currently resort to...

The Ministry of Water and Housing wishes to allay the concerns of residents of West Albion about the erection of pit latrines on the West Albion relocation site in St....

Water and Housing Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says the Ministry has taken steps to address what he has described as "shoddy reinstatement works" on sections of roadways in upper...

Cabinet has approved the award of a contract in the sum of $165.8 million, to Build-Rite Construction Company Limited, for the development of 153 housing solutions at Craigton Hall, St....